Meeting of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with Concordia Employers' Confederation

The government does not intend to increase taxes, but will focus on accelerating the digitalization of the National Tax Authority, increasing budget revenues and reforming public spending. This announcement was made by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu after monday's meeting with the Concordia Employers' Confederation.

Petruta Obrejan has details from the talks held at the Victoria Palace: The Chief Executive emphasized that from next year onwards consultations with the business environment will also take place on tax reform and no decision will be taken without consulting it, in order to give entrepreneurs sufficient time before new measures are implemented. During the consultations at the Victoria Palace, representatives of the executive and the business community also discussed the implementation of e-invoicing, e-VAT, e-transport, the return guarantee system, as well as the preparation of the implementation of the European minimum wage and other issues related to tourism.

The president of the Concordia Employers' Confederation, Dan Sucu, also said after the talks that the Prime Minister assured those present at the meeting that taxes would be maintained at the existing level: Today we had a two-hour discussion with him and his team. On the fiscal side, yes, it is true, there is talk that there will be no tax increase this year or next year. We sincerely hope that the promise will be kept.

Radu Burnete, executive director of the Concordia Employers' Confederation, also raised the issue of lowering the tax threshold for micro-enterprises during the discussions, emphasizing that this is also an obligation Romania has undertaken under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Translated by: Radu Matei